Why does an ice cube not float?

Ice Cube would float higher in Mercury.

A chunk of ice will float higher in water than an ice cube only if the ice chunk is larger than the ice cube.

icebergs float because they are the same as a cube of ice in a drink but bigger icebergs float because they are the same as a cube of ice in a drink but bigger icebergs float because they are the same as a cube of ice in a drink but bigger

no but they do in salt

An ice cube would float in any type of liquid. It would float higher in mercury than water because mercury is denser.

An ice cube is denser than air, or the other way around

in water or anything which is denser than ice

Because ice is less dense than oil.

It depends if the ice cube your talking about have the bigger density than the water which is 1.00G/ML then it will sink .... TO get the density of the cube u have u have to divide the mass over the volume of the cube..

acid from the orange juice has high density compared to the ice cube

Beyond a certain proof (concentration), no.

I think that salty ice cube do float in water because ice bergs float it water and they're made of salty water. i think i depends on the density (Amount of salt) in the ice

Ice does not float in diesel. I had a container with diesel and water. I dropped an ice cube into the container and it sinks until it reaches the boundary layer with the water.

The density of ice is less than water, thus it floats.

ice cube floats in water because it is dense and heavy if u compare water to alcohol then an ice cube will sink in the alcohol because alcohol is less dense which means its light.

It floats. Try it and you'll see

The ice cube will float higher in water, because alcoholic beverages have a lower viscosity, or internal resistance. This decreases the "thickness" of the liquid and causes less buoyancy.

The ice sinks in alcohol because the density of the ice is greater than the density of the alcohol.

Yes. That's why ice cubes float in water.

Any liquid that is more dense than the ice, including liquid water.

if you were to add water an ice cube an olive oil the water would be on the bottom and the oil would be on top and the ice cube wuld float inside of the olive oil.

Interesting Question. I would say Yes. However, be aware that there is another force that could hold the ice cube. That is viscosity. Viscosity is a force resists movement of fluid over a solid surface. For the cube to "float" means the weight of the cube of ice is lighter than the weight of the ketchup that it displaces. Two different forces going on.

Ice cubes are less dense than liquid water, which is why they float.

Not much happens if you put only one ice cube in cold water. However, it will most likely float because of the density.

An ice cube is the frozen form of water, therefore being a solid, and since it is a solid, the force of gravity applies to it. So, like most other solids, it simply just drops down onto the ground. For anything to float it must have density lower than the medium in which it sits. The density of ice is greater than that of air, though it is lower than that of water. Hence ice does not float in air bur does float in water.